![]() This was the first trip Jana, Rachel and I went on, and formed a bond that we’ll have for the rest of our lives. Our trip to Austin for SXSW in 2014 also holds a very special place in my heart. In 2013, Brigette and I went on what I think was our only trip together, to a certain festival in the California desert… I couldn’t have had a better partner in crime that weekend and we had a time I’ll never, ever forget. Little did I know, by April of 2015 I’d be living here. I fell hard for this incredible city, and I would end up returning 5 times over the next four years (mostly to cover SXSW). I visited Austin for the first time ever in April of 2011, when I tagged along with our catalog team to shoot our July 2011 catalog, shot by the talented Alexandra Valenti and featuring local band The Happenins. In May of 2010 we took a tour of our new building for the first time. This was before Instagram existed! It was also the very early stages of what would become FP Me. We used to have our Facebook fans submit photos of themselves wearing Free People by tagging us, and in January of 2010 I started sharing some of our favorites on the blog. It was the start of many festival-filled summers that would follow over the next 4 years, and by far the hottest. In June of 2010, a group of us from home office went to Bonnaroo to cover it for the blog and do some festival research. It struck a chord in me and has stayed with me ever since. ![]() The quote was on a card that my boss at my first job gave me when I left to drive across the country to California. This quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson was the first Monday quote I posted on the blog, way back in October 2009. Today I’m sharing a few of my favorites, because when we spend so much time looking forward, sometimes its nice to also look at where we’ve been – if for anything else, it can really put things in perspective. Looking back at everything we did, and how much Free People grew over those five years, is pretty special, and I’ll cherish every single memory forever. I got to experience some incredible trips around the country, and meet people I never would have met otherwise. In my 5 years there I met some amazing people who I know will be in my life forever. I remember looking around at the colorful fabrics and decorations that adorned the space – not the one that currently houses our ever-growing team – but good old building 15, and feeling like I was home. I remember the first time I walked in the Free People home office like it was yesterday. The way we get so caught up in life’s current that with the blink of an eye we’re in a completely different place. It absolutely blows my mind how much things can change over time.
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